Grade Snapshot

At the end of this film, Emilia dies and Julio remains alone. Actually, Julio had remained alone several years before Emilia’s death. What matters is that at the end, Emilia dies and Julio does not die. Julio lives and Emilia does not live. The rest is fiction. [Synopsis courtesy of the Cannes Film Festival.]

Zhao said with her Bass Reeves biopic, she’ll direct a more traditional cast like she did with her first-timers: “You can work with an actor in a certain way, you can create an environment like Terrence Malick has always done.”